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April 16 2024

Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Bonus prequel adventure for Eve of Ruin.
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May 31 2024

Vecna: Eve of Ruin

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Adventure for levels 10-20.
Replies (499)
June 3 2024

Vecna: Eve of Ruin Platinum Edition

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Boxed deluxe set from Beadle & Grimm.
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June 4 2024

Voidrunner’s Codex

(Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition)
Take your A5E games to space!
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June 18 2024

The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977

(Dungeons & Dragons)
History of D&D.
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July 16 2024

Quests From The Infinite Staircase

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Adventure anthology for character levels 1 to 13.
Replies (127)
September 17 2024

D&D Player’s Handbook (2024)

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Revised 2024 Player's Handbook.
Replies (155)
October 1 2024

Monstrous Menagerie II

(Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition)
The sequel to the acclaimed monster book!
Replies (43)
November 12 2024

D&D Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Revised 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide.
Replies (118)
February 18 2025

D&D Monster Manual (2025)

(Dungeons & Dragons)
Revised 2025 Monster Manual.
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(KS) Drive Your Friends Insane with these Cthulhu Mythos Book Badges!!!

It’s not always as obvious to spot a fellow cultists as just keeping an eye out to see the deformities hidden away under woollen cloaks, or the dribbling, or listening to the mad spontaneous ramblings and shrieks of Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn! Some cultists, and indeed investigators of such affairs, can almost pass as undetected and as normal as anyone else. That’s where these badges come in handy…

Mar 15, 2017

RPG Convention Season Is GO!

Convention season is upon us again. Even as we speak the GAMA Trade Show is going on in Las Vegas as the unofficial start to the year's gaming convention season. Over the next few months we have a number of gaming stretching from the Old School conventions of Gary Con and the North Texas RPG Con, to the larger conventions of Origins and, of course, Gen Con. The next few months are going to be a swirl of activity and work, as companies big and small ready their releases and presentations for the upcoming year.

Mar 14, 2017

Pathfinder

Here's Wayne Reynolds' Cover of Paizo's BESTIARY 6!

Paizo today revealed the cover of it's latest Bestiary, the sixth of that name! The cover art is by Wayne Reynolds. The book itself is due out next month (April) and contains 200 new monsters, new player races, foes from myth and legend (including Krampus!) and a whole bunch more. You can preorder it over at the Paizo webstore.

Mar 14, 2017 8

(KS) Discover the darkness-dwelling creatures of folklore and myth in ‘Michael Sturbrook’s Ghosts, G

BlackWyrm Publishing have just launched Michael Surbrook’s Ghosts. Ghouls, and Golems on Kickstarter. Ghosts. Ghouls, and Golems is a guide for Hero System, Savage Worlds and Mutants & Masterminds that explores the darkness-dwelling creatures from myth and folklore.

Mar 14, 2017

Free Get Your Free Nibiru Quick Start Guide Now!

I’ve been following Federico Sohns development of the Nibiru – A Sci-Fi RPG of Lost Memories on Facebook for some time. The artwork he’s been previewing has been really evocative and the lore he’s shown off has made me quite keen to see more of this little gem. Now he has just released the Nibiru Quick Start Guide for free on DriveThruRPG – so grab your copy now!

Mar 14, 2017

(KS) The Mandate of Heaven – An Epic Adventure for Monkey

D101 recently completed their Kickstarter campaign for the Monkey Roleplaying Game. Now they are running a quick-fire campaign for The Mandate of Heaven, an epic adventure for Monkey.

Mar 14, 2017

Keep Your Powder Dry! Part 3: Industrial Firepower [5E]

New on EN5ider, the 5th Edition Patreon! In the third part of your Keep Your Powder Dry Series, we take a look at industrial firepower - the weapons from the 18th and early 20th centuries. New 5E weapon properties include capacity, chain fire, and double-action are joined by the new weapons - the carbine, pepperbox pistol and rifle, pocket pistol, revolver, and rifle. Finally, we include new feats such as Greased Lightning and Mounted Musketeer. By Walt Ciechanowski; illustrated by Tamara Cvetkovic.

Mar 14, 2017 4

New Releases In Stores This Week : 13th March 2017

A rundown of the New Releases that should be hitting games stores this coming week! Board games, card games, RPGs, Wargames, Miniatures and collectible games... hopefully something for everyone! For more information about any of the products please contact your local games store.

Mar 14, 2017 3

STARFINDER Minis & Starship Combat Demo

There were a couple of Starfinder updates from Paizo last night. First off, Paizo has announced a range of Starfinder miniatures which will be produced by Ninja Division Publishing. These will be prepainted minis for both characters and starships. Secondly, the Starfinder starship combat system was previewed by designer Jason Bulmahn at the GAMA trade show (image of that below - no other info, I'm afraid!) Those following along with the Starfinder news probably already know that the game releases August 2017, and that the core rulebook has been available for preorder since January.

Mar 14, 2017 7

Broken Ruler Games Playtest For High Plains Samurai

Broken Ruler Games is currently running a public playtest for High Plains Samurai, a wire-fu action roleplaying game merging gunslingers, samurai, barbarians, gangsters, steampunk, and superpowers in a post-apocalyptic world torn apart by the gods. We’ve provided a free 84-page, full layout PDF for everyone to download and start playing ASAP with playtest surveys to provide feedback. Playtesters can earn playtest points to access rewards at the end of the playtest, including free PDFs or hardcover copies of the final product scheduled to release in 2018. Everything you need to start playing HPS is provided and it all goes to support the upcoming Kickstarter campaign in May 2017.

Mar 14, 2017

A Free One-Page RPG Where You're A Bear!

Grant Hewitt, who runs a Patreon here, has posted an awesome one-page RPG called Honey Heist. You play a criminal bear, and you have two stats: CRIMINAL and BEAR. Hewitt describes it as "A roleplaying game in which you are a bear with a plan, but unfortunately you are also a goddamn bear, so let's see how that goes." He posts a one-page RPG each month, and co-wote the most recent edition of the Paranoia RPG. Check out the free RPG (below) and then, maybe, check out his Patreon.

Mar 13, 2017 8

Preview the Persephone Class III Freighter From The WOIN Starship Recognition Manual

Coming later this year is the Starship Recognition Manual for the What's OLD is NEW roleplaying game system. Below you can see a short preview - the first two pages of the entry for the Persephone Class III Freighter. Each ship gets detailed, loving treatment, with illustrations, plans, variations, background history, even some fiction. The Starship Recognition Manual contains dozens of ships, from small freighters to colossal cruisers and battleships, along with rules for older (discounted) ships, trading, flaws, and Captain Wrigley's Starship Emporium, a sample used starship dealer based on Tartarus Station in The Cauldron sector.

Mar 13, 2017 2

Dungeons & Dragons

5E Psionics Alert! The Mystic Is Back In Unearthed Arcana

It's back! The long-awaited new version of the mystic - 5th Edition's psionic class - is here. "The mystic class, a master of psionics, has arrived in its entirety for you to try in your D&D games. Thanks to your playtest feedback on the class’s previous two versions, the class now goes to level 20, has six subclasses, and can choose from many new psionic disciplines and talents. Explore the material here—there’s a lot of it—and let us know what you think in the survey we release in the next installment of Unearthed Arcana." Click the image below for the full 28-page PDF!

Mar 13, 2017 382

Beyond the Digital Curse

Wizards of the Coast has once again launched a digital effort for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition with Curse's D&D Beyond. This is a good time to review D&D's rocky relationship with digital platforms and the opportunities where Beyond might succeed where previous attempts have failed. A Brief History of D&D Online The D&D brand has always had a presence online, evolving along with the...

Mar 13, 2017 30

What Are These Four Unnamed D&D Products?

The folks over at Nerds On Earth spotted four as-yet untitled D&D products listed on Amazon. Often these appear with codenames (such as when we discovered Labyrinth, which was the codename for Tales from the Yawning Portal due on 4th April) and other times they have no information at all other than an ISBN number. We don't know much about upcoming releases, other than that there is some kind of major rules expansion in the works (but it could be anything from months to years off) and that Adventure Time's Pendleton Ward helped on something. Nerds On Earth spotted the following four entries.

Mar 12, 2017 86

[UPDATED!] D&D Beyond: An Official D&D Digital Toolset & Character Builder

D&D Beyond has just been announced! Coming this summer, and billed as "Your digital D&D source", it has a compendium of official content, character builder and manager, the ability to use home-brew content, D&D forums, and is usable on any device. A 1-minute announcement trailer can be seen below. D&D Beyond is produced by a company called Curse Inc, owned by Twitch. Right now, there's a signup for the Beta version. More info as/when it becomes available! [UPDATES: The D&D Beyond folks have offered some more info, which I have included below; I will be chatting with them later this week, with luck!]